Radio Waves: The King of Pop lives on.

By Edel, Ray

The Record

The King of Pop lives on.

SiriusXM has launched "The Michael Jackson Channel," a limited-run channel dedicated to Jackson's solo music career. The channel, which will run through May 26 via satellite on channel 50, will feature his music beginning with the breakout success of his 1979 "Off the Wall" album and running through the present.

Listeners will hear music from the new album "XSCAPE," which features eight new recordings. The channel will also feature reflections and stories from the producers who worked on the album.

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Spero Dedes is exiting as radio play-by-play voice of the New York Knicks, according to a published report.

Dedes' contract with MSG Network, which produces the games for broadcast on ESPN Radio Sports WEPN-FM (98.7), expired after the 2013-14 season and was not renewed.

Clear Channel Media and Entertainment has announced the launch of the iHeartRadio Hispanic Network.

Grupo Radio Centro, a Mexican radio broadcasting company, will serve as the foundation partner of the network, providing live broadcasts from some of Mexico's top-rated radio stations.

The agreement will provide exclusive digital distribution for all GRC stations, including regional Mexican station KXOS-FM (93.9) in Los Angeles and Spanish-language program "El Show Del Mandril," for which the two companies recently inked a U.S. national sales and distribution deal via Clear Channel's syndication company, Premiere Networks.

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WPLJ-FM's (95.5) "The Todd Show" will host a "Summer Kick Off" at 6 a.m. next Friday from Jenkinson's Pavilion in Point Pleasant Beach.

The Fray, Kacey Musgraves, Hot Chelle Rae and MAGIC! are all scheduled to perform.

Race Taylor (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and John Foxx (3 to 7 p.m.) will also broadcast from Jenkinson's.

Information: plj.com.

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A study reported in the journal Nature says that AM radio signals and electronics can send out interference that "can disrupt the internal magnetic compasses of migratory birds."

Biologist Henrik Mouritsen of the University of Oldenburg in Germany studied robins and found that the birds could not familiarize themselves when on campus in the city, while they could in the countryside. When the huts in which the birds were kept on campus were screened with grounded aluminum, reducing electromagnetic interference, the birds could orient themselves, and when the grounding was disconnected, the birds again lost their ability to get oriented.

The team did seven years' worth of double-blind tests.

Information: nature.com.

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The lineup for the WKTU-FM (103.5) "KTUphoria" concert has been announced.

The show, slated for June 29 at 7 p.m. at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, will feature performances by Jennifer Lopez, Calvin Harris, Ariana Grande, Cash Cash and The Chainsmokers.

Information: ktu.com.

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Aaron Klein has joined WNYM-AM (970) on Sunday nights from 7 to 9.

"I am thrilled to bring energetic, news-driven, live talk radio to the Sunday night lineup," said Klein in a statement. "Together [with the listeners], we will prove there is a major audience for weekend talk radio if the content is compelling enough."

Radio Waves: The King of Pop lives on.

SiriusXM has launched "The Michael Jackson Channel," a limited-run channel dedicated to Jackson's solo music career. The channel, which will run through May 26 via satellite on channel 50, will feature his music beginning with the breakout success of his 1979 "Off the Wall" album and running through the present.

Listeners will hear music from the new album "XSCAPE," which features eight new recordings. The channel will also feature reflections and stories from the producers who worked on the album.

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Spero Dedes is exiting as radio play-by-play voice of the New York Knicks, according to a published report.

Dedes' contract with MSG Network, which produces the games for broadcast on ESPN Radio Sports WEPN-FM (98.7), expired after the 2013-14 season and was not renewed.

Clear Channel Media and Entertainment has announced the launch of the iHeartRadio Hispanic Network.

Grupo Radio Centro, a Mexican radio broadcasting company, will serve as the foundation partner of the network, providing live broadcasts from some of Mexico's top-rated radio stations.

The agreement will provide exclusive digital distribution for all GRC stations, including regional Mexican station KXOS-FM (93.9) in Los Angeles and Spanish-language program "El Show Del Mandril," for which the two companies recently inked a U.S. national sales and distribution deal via Clear Channel's syndication company, Premiere Networks.

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WPLJ-FM's (95.5) "The Todd Show" will host a "Summer Kick Off" at 6 a.m. next Friday from Jenkinson's Pavilion in Point Pleasant Beach.

The Fray, Kacey Musgraves, Hot Chelle Rae and MAGIC! are all scheduled to perform.

Race Taylor (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and John Foxx (3 to 7 p.m.) will also broadcast from Jenkinson's.